Tag: Amnesty International

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Chile's Piñera human rights policy condemned by Amnesty International during his European tour

  

  Amnesty International has sent a letter to European leaders who Chilean president Sebastian Piñera is currently visiting expressing concern about the serious human rights violations and impunity that continue to put all people in Chile at risk. Piñera is currently visiting France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and the Vatican.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Cap of 600 daily passengers allowed daily into Argentina to stay in force

  

  The Government of Argentina looked determined Thursday to extend for four additional weeks the cap of 600 passengers a day to be allowed through the Ezeiza international airport, albeit with some exceptions.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Amnesty International against deportation of migrants in Chile

  

  Amnesty International's office in Chile Tuesday “repudiated” the wave of arrests and deportations of migrants after the enactment of the new immigration law promoted by the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, it was announced.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Social uprising in an ultra Kirchnerite province; UN and Amnesty warn about repression

  

  Formosa in the north of Argentina, next to Paraguay is one of the poorest provinces in the country and has been under the iron fist control and patronage of governor Gildo Insfran, who rules as a feudal lord, with virtual control of the three branches of the local government and excellent relations with the federal government in Buenos Aires where his deputies and senators support the ruling coalition in exchange for fat checks that ensure his perpetuity.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner political ally accused of human rights abuses in the province of Formosa

  

  Members of the opposition, international NGO’s and several Catholic and Anglican clerics, have criticized Gildo Insfran, the governor of Formosa, and a close political ally of Cristina Kirchner, for treating those who test positive for the coronavirus and their close contacts in an “inhuman” way, forcing them into public isolation centers for over 20 days.

• Friday, December 18th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Amnesty International presents 250,000 signatures in support of legalizing abortion in Argentina

  

  Amnesty International on Thursday presented 250,000 signatures it has collected from around the world in support of legalizing abortion in Argentina ahead of a crucial Senate vote. Argentina's lower house of Congress voted last week to legalize abortion, sparking jubilant scenes amongst activists.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Amnesty International: Right to life, public health demand extraordinary cooperation

  

  Governments should stop blocking a temporary waiver of some global intellectual property rules that will help boost global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday ahead of a key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva on December 10, 2020.

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Amnesty International: Major human rights events in the Americas 2019

  

  Amnesty International has documented grave violations of human rights in 2019 in 24 countries across the Americas. Examples of the major human rights events analyzed include:

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Green activist Greta Thumberg receives Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award

  

  Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award on Monday, days before a major UN climate summit in New York.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Purge at Amnesty International as abusive practices and toxic workplace conditions are exposed

  

  Amnesty International is to lose most of its senior leadership team after a report said it had a “toxic” workplace. The human rights organization's secretary-general, Kumi Naidoo, ordered an independent review after two employees killed themselves last year. In the review, one staff member described Amnesty as having “a toxic culture of secrecy and mistrust”.